ABSTRACT
Synthesis........................................................................................................63 3.3 Synthesis of Nonspherical Polymer Particles via Polymerization ........64
3.3.1 Phase Separation and Seeded Emulsion Polymerization ..........64 3.3.1.1 Mechanism .........................................................................64 3.3.1.2 Thermodynamics of Swelling and Phase
Separation ...........................................................................66 3.3.1.3 Kinetics of Phase Separation ...........................................68 3.3.1.4 Shape Control .................................................................... 69 3.3.1.5 Complex Structures through Multistep
Polymerization................................................................... 70 3.3.1.6 Particles with Anisotropic Properties ............................ 73
3.3.2 Solvent Evaporation and Seeded Dispersion Polymerization ................................................................................. 76
3.4 Physical Posttreatment Approaches .......................................................... 78 3.4.1 Stretching .......................................................................................... 79
3.4.1.1 Simple 1D Stretching ........................................................ 79 3.4.1.2 Modified Stretching Scheme ........................................... 81 3.4.1.3 2D Stretching .....................................................................83
